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Two New SIAC Members Svorn In By Hatfield SALEM (UPI) Two new indus-: Logan. Mrs. Logan refused to an- inai accident commissioners werelswer charges at the hearing, and ja- v. - ' v H ' .v.. , sworn in today by Gov. Mark Hat field, who then made an unprece dented appearance before com mission employes and urged them to "continue working forward, on ward and upward to make this the best program in the nation." The action came on the heels of Monday's public hearing on chargea of "inefficiency in office" against commissioner Emily F. Four DFPA Lookout Stations Manned Four of 15 Douglas Forest Pro tuctive Association lookouts are manned already and the rest will be manned this week and next. This was the report today from John B. Richards, district warden. He also said that all the wardens' stations are now manned and that fire suppression crews will go to work July 1. In preparation for what many consider one of the worst potential fire seasons in history, the DFPA district fire school was held last week at the Roscburg headquar ters. Activity included instruction in map reading, preliminary lookout training, basic fire behavior and smokechasing for new personnel. New wardens were given instruc tion In large fire organization, line location and construction with bull dozers, hand line construction, con trol of small fires and effective use of water. The experienced wardens received a course in use of 'dozers on fires. . The training took place both in the classroom and in the field. Tak ing part were nine new wardens and eight new lookouts. The school was climaxed Satur day by a talk on policies by Rich ards and a picnic which drew about 100 people. Instructors for the fire school were from the district and state office. City Awards Contract For Sewer Extensions Two sanitary sewer "extensions were included in a group of six contracts awarded Monday night ay uie. jioseDurg uny council. Collins Construction Co. submit. ted low bid on both projects. The firm bid $3,987.20 for NW Lynwood sewer work and $11,457.10 for an extension in the W. Pilger Street area. Contract to furnish the city with euiyi gasoline ior tne 1H63-64 tis cal year went to Tidewater nil Cn which bid 27.29 cents per gallon ior gas ai ine pump ana 24.02 cents for tank delivery. Rhoads Cleaning Service w a a awarded the janitorial service con tract lor tne new fiscal year and the council accepted a $1,495 bid from Air Mac, Inc. of Medford for providing tne city Police Depart ment with a Cushman "truckster" which will be used to transport tne meter maid in her meter en forcement rounds. Trowbridge Electric Co. won con tract for maintaining city-owned mercury street lignts ana tralnc signals. termed the affair a "kangaroo! court." Her attorney, Ernest Bonyhadi, questioned the legality of proce dures followed by Hatfield, and said he had not yet decided whether to take the issue to the courts, or to answer the charges in a public statement. Mrs. Logan and Commission Chairman Sidney B. Lewis re ceived dismissal notices, effective today, on June 11. Monday's hear ing was set in case either wanted to dispute the charge. . Lewis resigned Friday, and a lew ftours later Wilfred A. Jordan. Coos Bay Republican, was named to succeed him. Shortly after Monday's hearine. Hatfield named Grants Pass Mav- or Charles B. Gill Jr., a Demo crat, 10 succeed Airs. Logan. Jordan was sworn in at 7:55 a.m. today, then in a move that surprised several members of the governor's staff. Gill was sworn in at a a.m. As soon as the ceremony was over, Hatfield asked if commis sion employes could be called together. The governor, accomnanind bv me new commissioners and a dozen commission staff officers, strode to the labor and industries building. nunureas of eniDloves were standing in the conference room when the party arrived. Hatfield thanked the workers for "carrying on during the recent difficult times. We have a chance to begin anew to make this the best pro gram in the country. louay is a pleasant day in contrast to yesterday," Hatfield remarked. He then introduced the new commissioners. As the governor left the room workman was pulling name- plates from the offices formerly occupied by Lewis and Mrs. Lo gan. Hatfield commented "I wanted to help settle the staff down, nat urally they've been in turmoil." Monday's hearing was held be cause Mrs. Logan refused to re sign. She arrived at the board of con trol room for Monday's hearing tnree minutes ahead of time. Hatfield entered the room minutes later. m h:w q .14 Local Firms WinTimber Tracts Two tracts containing more than 18 million board feet of timber in TOP DRILL TEAM of the Roseburg Rural Fire Department which placed second to Sheri dan in the Oregon Firemen's Association's annual state convention competition proudly displays its trophy. Members of the team are: Front, left to right. Bob Berger ond drill Capt. Eugene Merk; bock, left to right, Bill Zerbach, Ron Herrington, Norm Neol and Ernie Jones. The competition consisted of three evolutions involving fire fighting skills. (News-Review Photo) Public Hearing Set On Budget A public hearing on the pro posed Douglas County budget for fiscal 1964 (beginning July 1) wiU be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the County Court auditorium. There will be no election re quirement on the county budget, as there is no tax levy outside the 6 per cent limitation. Cutbacks in the Road Fund, as well as a $106,000 cutback in the General Fund are noted in this year's budget. Prime cause of the cutbacks has been Hurricane Freida, which put a great deal of blowdown timber on the market and reduced the O&C payments to the county. Major expenditure increases are in the juvenile department, for the pilot boys camp nroiect at Win- Chester, and in the Health Depart ment, tor installation of sanitary landfills throughout the county. District Judges Plan To Exchange Benches District judges Gerald R. Haves of Roseburg and Sam Hall of Cur ry County at Gold Beach are ex changing benches this week. Judge Hayes said this practice is common. Judges usually pile up a backlog of cases that they do not want to hear, because knowledge of the circumstances or acquaintance six Truck Spills Gasoline On Sutherlin Street The Sutherlin Fire Department was called out at 2 p.m. Monday to flush gasoline from E. Central Avenue, where it had been spill ed when a Martin Bros. Container and Timber Products Corp. truck turned over. The lumber truck, en route from the Martin Bros, plant at Oakland to their Sutherlin plant, had just , begun its turn off Central Ave ( nue onto the firm's private road when the load shifted and caused the truck to turn over on its side, correspondent Mrs. Jerry Demuth reported. The driver, Harley Brown, was uninjured. The load had to be cut loose so the truck could be right ed, but no major damage was reported. Escapee Returned To State Prison Roseburg City Police took into custody over the weekend Ellis B. Thompson, 34, an escapee from the Oregon State Penitentiary, who has been returned to the prison. Thompson escaped June 15 and had come into Roseburg after a 1950 pickup truck he was driving became involved in a minor acci dent near here, police report. Police received a call on a sus picious check, passed at Howard's Men's Store, for $21.16. The suspect received in exchange merchandise and cash. He then went across the street and obtained additional mer chandise, paying cash at Howard's temporary store during remodel ing. Another check report came to officers from the Rcxall Drug Store. Thompson was located and ques tioned regarding the checks. He admitted to officers he was a pris on escapee. Accused Man Requests Preliminary Hearing Lloyd George King, 40, of 1528 SE Pine St., asked tor a prenmin ary hearing when arraigned in District Court Monday on- a charge of obtaining money by false pretenses. The hearing was set by Judge Sam Hall of Curry County, acting this week for Judge Gerald R. Hayes, for July 1 at 2 p.m. King is accused of passing a worthless $5 check at the Roseburg Color Center, 419 SE Main St. May 31 Bail was set at $1,500. Ruby Scroggin, 51, Winston, ac cused of assault and battery on IJ T C ;., T..n lO hail Wilh a week and a half to go. .uu,""u "c 'URB ,!', " . V. S. Freedom Bonds sales are ms case posiponea un..i .. within $5,000 of the goal set for the ! dy at 9:15 a.m. He is free on bail current r reedom Bond Drive in UI , .,.,... Rnphnrs i Edwin Robert Wright, 37, Ten- l oral hnnk rpnnrt snlns fnr last I mile, was arrested by a sheriff's week amounted to $3,506.25. Since I deputy on a warrant out of Jackson May 1, the sales in the city have to-1 County charging obtaining money talcd S52.316.25. I lie goal, which , by false pretense, lie will oe re leaders hope to see reached by July I leased to officers from that county 4th is $57,000. Freedom Bond Drive Goal Near In Roseburg Outlook Improves For Water Supply The water supply outlook for the Umpqua River basin has improved considerably from early in the year because of the comparatively late winter which hit the county. The report conies from the U. S. Soil Conservation Service with of fices at Oregon State University. Now it has been declared "about average" for lands served by stor ed water supplies. However, late season water shortages are still expected for the county. The late rains had the tendency to melt the already slim snow pack high on the watershed. The North Umpqua River below Lemolo Reservoir is forecast at about 80 per cent of the May-September average. the Tiller area were sold by the Umpqua National Forest supervi sor's office Monday for slightly above the appraised prices. The first was the Upper Boulder Sale on 128 acres 29 miles north east of Tiller. Winning bidder Paul B. Unit Lumber Co. of Dillard paid $189,695 for the tract appraised at $189,570. The bid was the appraised $20.85 per thousand for 7,700,000 board feet of Douglas fir and $9.05 per thousand for 2,500,000 board feet of white fir and other species apprais ed at $9. The tract has a total volume of 10,200,000 board feet. Other bidders were Coning Corp. of Roseburg and Oregon Veneer Co. of White City. The second tract, the French Ridge Sale, was won by National Plywood Inc. of Roseburg. The" tract contains 8,700,000 board feet and is located on 140 acres 39 miles northeast of Tiller. The company paid the appraised "' $21.05 per thousand for seven mil lion feet of Douglas fir, the ap- " praised $5.60 per thousand for 1,- -' 450,000 board feet of sugar pine ' and other pine species and $9 per thousand for 250,000 board feet of " white fir and other species apprais ed at $8.95. Other bidders were Coning, Green Valley Lumber Inc. of Myr- "' tie Creek, Oregon Veneer Co. and ' Sun Studs Inc. Three more sales are being" held today. Tues., June 25, 1963 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. 3 with the participants might tend to admit prejudice. Also, the partici pants often want an outside judge to hear a particular case to elimin ate possible partiality. The practice is to accumulate such cases to be tried during a giv en period by outside judges on an exchange basis. New Navy Recruiter Due For Local Office The U. S. Navy Recruiting Sta tion in Roscburg today announced a new recruiter will be reporting for duty in Roscburg. The new recruiter, Chief Freder ick J. Stoe, and his wife and four children are expected to arrive hero early in July, Chief Bill Stir ka, officer in charge of the re cruiting station, said. Chief Triska will be reassigned ! to duty on the East Coast in Oc tober and Chief Chuck Dornsife will become officer in charge of the Roseburg station. NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING The annual meeting of the stockholders of The Umpqua Savings ond Loon Association will be held at 603 S. E. Jackson Street, Roseburg, Oregon, on Wednesday, June 26th, 1963, at 7:30 o'clock p.m. for the election of directors and for the transaction of such general busi ness as may properly come before the meeting, UMPQUA SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION S. E. HERMANN, Secretory Sidewalks Talked At Council Meeting The poor condition of sidewalks in some areas of Rosebure came up ior consideration at the City uuucu session monaay mgnt. What prompted the subject was a letter from Mrs. Lester Gale complaining about ha7arrlnui riHp. walk conditions in an area south on t-t, Jackson from NE Klamath. Mrs. Gale said breakup of the walks caused by tree roots has made It dangerous for Dersons ta use the walks. She said the dan gerous sidewalk conditions have caused her to fall down three times in that area. The council instructed City Man ager Craig McMicken to investi gate the complaint. City Attorney raui ueaacs pointed out the city has an ordinance requiring resid ents to keep walks in repair. Un der this ordinance, the city can notify a property owner of a side walk condition which requires cor rection. If the property owner fails to comply within a reasonable length of time, the city can per form the work by its own action and charge the cost to the prop erty owner. It was noted, however, that con ditions of sidewalk disrepair are prevalent in many areas of the town and a general improvement program is needed. But it was agreed that property owners should be required to re pair those sidewalk conditions which are "clearly dangerous." K Of C Installation Installation of new officers of the Knights of Columbus will take place July 10 instead of at the orig inally scheduled meeting Wednes day. S. Ferclie will be installed as Grand Knight. Ceremonies will be held at St. Joseph's School. Feeder Sales Due Wayne Mosher, secretary of the Douglas County Livestock Associ ation, reports that the site for sec ond of two feeder sales scheduled within the next month has not yet been selected. He said an announcement would be made on the site in the near fu ture. Meanwhile, the first of the sales will take place at the Douglas Livestock Market at Wilbur June 28. Grass Fire Doused The Roseburg City Fire Depart ment quickly extinguished a small grass fire at noon Monday at 1008 SE Flint. No damage resulted from the fire and no cause was listed by the firemen. At 2:10 p.m. the firemen investi gated smoke in a house at 416 NE Jackson, and at 6:10 p.m. an swered a call on a clothes dryer smoking at 2931 West Harvard. No damage was reported at either site. Zenith Hearing Aid Representative Now at Chopmon'i Pharmacy tvery Wednesday 9 a.m. to S p.m. ltepairt--BatttriM-Acctritl for mett make SOUTHERN OREGON HEARING AID CENTER It's Big . . . It's Gigantic! And We're Closed All Day Wed. Preparing For It! . . . Cause It Starts Thursday (See Tomorrows News-Review) .... idi The man at the sign of the Chevron brings you a new motor oil, developed especially for extended drain Intervals bL -J recommended by some car manufacturers. 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